(a)
(1)
(A) There is created the Interagency Task Force for the Implementation of Criminal Justice Prevention Initiatives.
(B) The purpose of the task force is to coordinate the implementation of initiatives and strategies designed to promote efficiency and safety in the criminal justice system as well as promote justice reinvestment goals.
(2) The Governor's office shall provide staff support for the task force.
(b) The task force shall be composed of the following seventeen (17) members, as follows:
(1) Seven (7) members shall be appointed by the Governor:
(A) One (1) member who is a circuit court judge;
(B) One (1) member who is a district court judge;
(C) One (1) member who is a county sheriff;
(D) One (1) member who is a county judge;
(E) One (1) member who is appointed by and who represents the Governor; and
(F) Two (2) members who are prosecuting attorneys;
(2) Two (2) members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(3) Two (2) members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(4) One (1) member appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services who represents the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services;
(5) The Chair of the Board of Corrections or his or her designee;
(6) The Chair of the Parole Board or his or her designee;
(7) The Director of the Division of Correction or his or her designee;
(8) The Director of the Division of Community Correction or his or her designee; and
(9) The Attorney General or his or her designee.
(c)
(1) The task force shall meet on or before the thirtieth day after September 1, 2017, at the call of the member appointed by and who represents the Governor, and organize itself by electing one (1) of its members as Chair of the Interagency Task Force for the Implementation of Criminal Justice Prevention Initiatives and other officers as the task force may consider necessary.
(2) Thereafter, the task force shall meet at least quarterly and at the call of the chair or by a majority of the members.
(3) A quorum of the task force consists of nine (9) members.
(d) The task force has the following powers and duties:
(1) To track the implementation of and evaluate compliance with this act;
(2) To review performance and outcome measure reports submitted semiannually by the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, the Parole Board, the Board of Corrections, the Arkansas Sentencing Commission, and the Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee under this act and evaluate the impact;
(3) To develop quality assurance reporting on the implementation of policies and the expenditure of resource investments related to the justice reinvestment policies and reinvestments; and
(4)
(A) To prepare and submit an annual report of the performance and outcome measures that are part of this act to the Legislative Council, the Governor, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
(B) The annual report shall include recommendations for improvements and a summary of savings generated and the impact on public safety resulting from this act.
(e) Members of the task force shall receive no pay for their services, but each member may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
(f) This section expires on July 1, 2019.